The Weekly Sumter republican. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1889, August 26, 1870, Image 1
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HANCOCK, CSAHAM- & REILLY,
"Volume 17.
DEVOTED TO NEWS, P0LITIC3 AND G'3NE2AL PEOOEESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALE TEKM.
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AlMEHICTJS, GEOE01A,
AUGUST <36. 1870.
TERMS:
s Three Dollars a Year,
(/' PAYABLE U ADVANCE.
Humber 27.
niSMISUING SCHOOL.
■he following exquisite poem haR wrhlei
laic CliarN" Dickens :
the I« sa°" B an -' Disks are all ended,
-be i-cbool fox the flay is uismitued.
‘ ’ 0 nc» gathered around me,
r bid me gooJ night and be kissed;
\ f li ,,j ( . V fhitc arms that encircle
livniT# : i * lender embrace!
,he srjiics that are lialoa of heaven.
ihcMing ""ntihtne of lover on my face!
.1 «h< n they arc gone I sit dreaming
,f rl y clnlditood too lovely to last;
l.iv ibat my heart will remember,
yi t ,. n it aakes to the pulse of the past,
.;, e world and its wickedness made ine
i ->&rtn<T of sorrow and sin,
;,a the glory Of Ggd was al»ont me,
aAthe glory <\f gladness within.
f How Billy Smith Asked the Old
j Man.-
7 I —. ; |»*
| Smith lias just asked Mr. Thomp* ois
I dmghter if she would give him a lift out
, of bacheloTdom, and sho .said ‘"yes.” It
i therefore becomes absolutely necessary
; to get the old gentleman's promise, so,
! os Smith said, the arrangements might
be made to pop the conjugal twig. Smith
A Harriage in the Nob*.
On ilia 20th ult., at the residence of
, in. Sevfer county,, by William
Pick ins, Esq., Bill Rogers to widow
Nancy E. Bailey.
“This,” says the correspondent who
sends ns the announcement, 4 ‘was one of
the most extraordinary exhibitions ol
fortitude end determination, on the part
r „ r ^ rj[iiivii of the two persons interested ever exuib-
i said he’p rather pop the interrogatories 1 ited in East Tennessee. Mrs. Bailey was
to all of old Thompson’s daughters and * *idow of two months’ jnonrning. She
sisters, and his ladv cousin's and his aunt i '*‘ aa fftir, beyond the usual fairness of her
*’ ... i—t>:ii -o himself, ~
j Hannah in the country, and the whole
; of his female relations, than ask old
| Thompson. Bnt it has to be done, and
) he sat down and studied out a speech
t gro’
r«*ak a
nd the fountains of feeling will flow,
,n I think ortlie paths steep and etony,
■here the fact of the dear ones must go;
mountains of sin hanging o’er them,
! the tempest ot Fate blowing wild:
iher« is nothing on earth half no holy
of a child!
The’- arc idols of hearts and of households;
They arc angols of tied in disgiib-o;
Hi, sunlight still sleeps on their tressea.
His glory still gleams in their eyes;
• •I ' there tr.iants from home and torn Heaven,
Ti ev have riade me more manly and mild!
Vr.d I know how Jesus could liken
f> kingdom of God to a child.
i life
rthc dear one*,
thers havo done,
isve just eitough sliado-
Kiarroflbaann;
I to guard them fiom ev
would bound hack to r
y for hit
•elf.
in- twi" is so easily bended;
I have banished the rule and the rod;
nave taught them the goodness of knowledge,
Jiavt taught ino the goodness of God:
jv heart is a dungeon of darkness,
.Micro 1: hut them from breaking a rule
a thi
ef the
uiss the “good nights- and the kisr
he gush of their innocent glee,
»up on the green, and the flowers
■re hronght every morning to me.
miss them at mom and at eve,
song in the school and tl»e street;
tuiss the low 1mm of their voices,
he tramp of their delicate feet,
he lessons and tasks are all ended,
Death save, “ litis school is disiuis
8 gat in
oil night and be kissed.
cl all tho friends
good on eartli they c
red and served their
< ih: may this pleasant dream prove title
-'by it apply to me and you!
-May all tin- souls of heavenly birth
IV so prepared, while hereon earth,
lhat love ami friendship may pre vail,
A:;d slo and sorrow disappear,
And all Le happy hero and there,
Au-1 dwell in perfect love 1
H at life may be, as He designed,
A taste of lore and bliss combined:
A time to fit the soul to dwell
W .:h angels in the heavenly throng:
'Vitli om- dear friends who went befure.
And wait us on the heavenly shore:
With (»od, who loves his children well,
In blissful, endless love to dwell.’
(associates. Bill Rogers ...
comely, rough country youth of about
nineteen years of aye. *A week before
the marriage, tho widow Nancy visited
the residence of Bill’s maternal parent,
and, luckily found her in tho field and
Bill in the house. Nancy is to all intents
practical bnsiness woman, and went to
The Drunkard’s Daily Life. • '; J
The Atlantic Monthly'gives'the fol
lowing graphic sketch Of tho daily' ex
perience of every drunkard:
The daily life of.one of the steady
drunkards is like this : Upon getting np
in the morning, after a heavy, restless,
drunkard's sleep, he is miserable beyond
expression, and almost helpless. In
very bad cases, he will seo double, and
his hands will tremble so that ho cannot
lift to his lips the gla»; for which he has
a desire amounting to mania. Two or
three stiff glasses of spirituous liquor
will restore him eo far that ho can con
trol his muscles, and get about without
betraying his condition. After being
hour, and drinking every ten or
. :u ...ii.. t .vi»
woTk at once. Drawing a'stool to Bill's
feet, says she, “Bill Rogers, dow’d yon
like to marry ?” Says Bill, in reply,
‘ ‘First rate. ” Says N ancy, straightening
up and throwing ont her magnificent
chest, “Bill Rogers, how do you like
this?” Says Bill, “Bully.” Says Nancy,
- jgers, got the license and it
yonrs." - SaysBtH, ‘‘Ell have’em or die/ 1
He was oft’ on the moment for Sevierville,
for the license. But, alas! Bill hadn’t
the necessary snm when he reached the
clexk’B office to procure the license. So
he tramped homo again, entered his
house before his family, and without
saying a word, took from its rack his rifle
gun, and. placing it on hb shonlder, again
left. No one seems to know any farther
particulars. I don’t know that Bill got
the license, bnt he brought no gun back
fifteen minntes, he will usually lie able
to eat a pretty good breakfast, which,
with the aid of coffee, tobacco, and a
comparatively small quantity of liquor
he will be able to digest. Aftear break
fast, for some hours he will generally be
able to transact routine business, and
associate with his fellows without excit
ing their pity , or contempt. As dinner
time draws near, he feels the necessity
which he was to disgorge at old Thompson
| the very first time he got a shy at turn,
j So Smith dropped in on him one Sunday
i evening, when all the family had wander
ed ^around to meeting and found him
' doing a sum in beer measure.
‘How are you Smith,’ said old Tbomp-
, son, as the former walked in, white as a
piece of chalk, and trembling as though
1 lie had swallowed an earthquake.
! Smith was afraid to answer, 1 localise lie
, wasn’t sure about that speech. He knew
he had to keeping grip upon it, while be
had it there, or it would slip from him
quicker than nu oiled eel through an
anger hole. So he blundered out—
' 'Mr, Thompson, sir: Perhaps it may
be unknown to you, that during an ex
tended period of some five years, I have
been busily engaged in tho prosecution
of a commercial enterprise.’
‘Is that so, keepin’ it a secret all this
time, while I thought you was ’tendin’
store? Well by George ! you’re one of . =,— -- v —_-tr
them now, ain't you V with him. At 12 o’clock at night, Esq.,
Smith had liegun to think it nil over Pickens was called for, most imploringly, sold under the names of Tonics, Ko-
again, to get the run of it. to perform the marriage ceremonies, storers, Appetizers, etc. Many persons
* Air. Thompson, sir : Perhaps it mayiamd lie did it in a most imposing form, are’ induced to take them, believeing
not be known to you, tlmtduriug the ex-) before the brilliant pine-knot fixe that them to bo beneficial, when, if they knew
tended period of five years, I have been blazed on the hearth, and in the pres- the vile stuff from which they are made,
busily engaged in the prosecution of a ' enc ® of the select audience who had as- not one out of a thousand would taste
commercial enterprise, with the determi-} sembled. them.
nation to secure a sufficient main ten-; After the vows had been made, and the It is vain for advocates of temperance
ance— ’ t record rendered they that were man and to write, speak, or labor for reform while
‘Sit down, Smith, and help yourself to I wife, Bill s lirst-ajacnlation was, “Nance, this shameful business is carried on.
beer. Don’t stand there holding your I we vohada hard time, but I told you | and physicians can bo found to sanction
concentration of corps at Chalons have
boon completely repulsed. .
Bf.rt.ix, Aug 18:—The Provincial eOr-
, respondence says: In resuming posses-
I it&flixd fbrmer German produces, Prus-
‘■^eaas/to reimburse liei' .plundered
^expelled frdm •
Aug. 18.—Tlie coincidence, of
“Bitters,”
Under various names, offered to the
public, and displayed behind bars in
drinking saloons, some with certificates
of physicians attached, which are usually
vile compounds of Refuse 'Whisky, Cox-
demned Cordials, Wink-', Etc., mixed
together and flavored to snit the taste
with a few herbs, spices and sugar, and
hat like a blind beggar with paralysis. I; I’d bring-Inm. Less go borne,
never have seen you behave yourself sc j —And they went!
queer in all my bom day
Black Valley Railroad.
bo bad to wander back and take \
a fresh start
*Mr. Thompson, sir : It may not be :
uuknown to you, that during an extend- ■ 1.—From accurate estimates carefully
ed period of five years 1 have been en-j made, in the United States, it appears
gaged in the prosecution of a commercial | that this Road is constantly carryiug over
’enterprise, with the determination to 1300.000 persons, mostly" young men,
procure a sufficient maintenance—’ down to the condition of Ommon Drunk-
*A which ance ?’ asked old Thompson, i ard*.
bnt Smith held amt the last word, as if it j 2.—If thofamiU** of drunkards aver-
vvas his only chance, and went on— ; age five persons, it carries untold misery
‘In the hope that I might somo <luy I; and wretchedness directly to mox*e than
might enter wedlock, and bestow my 11,500,000 persons, a large proportion of
earthly possessions upon one whom I
jould call my own. I huve been a lonely
nan, sir and have felt that it is not good
ior man to bo alone, and therefore I
would—’
‘Neither is it, .Smith; I'm glad yon
Iropped iu. How’s the old man
‘Mr. Thompson, sir,’ said .Smith in de
spairing confusion, raising liis voice to a
veil, it may not bo known to you that,
luring an extended period of a lonely
man I have been engaged to enter
dloek, and to liestow all my
terprise on one whom I could determine
to be good for certain possessions—no, I
mean—that is—that Mr. Thompson, sir:
it may not be unknown—’
‘And then again it may. Look here,
Imitb, you’d better lay "down and take
nome thing warm—you ain’t well.’
Smith, sweating like a four year old
colt, went iu again: ‘Mr. Thompson, sir
it may not be lonely to you prosecute me,
whom yon, a friend for commercial main-
>euance, but—but—eh—dang it—Mr.
Thompson, it—” . .
‘O, Smith you talk like a fool. 1 never
•wiw such a first-class idiot in the course of
<ny whole life. What’s the matter with ! 1ft.—Its business is rapidly increasing.
yon, any how ?’ . j •
‘Air. "Thompson, sir,’ said Smith in an ! " " -
agony of bewilderment, ‘it may not lie Gians, Don’t Talk _ Slang !—Girls,
I known that-you prosecuted a lonely man don’t talk slang ! If it is necessary that
‘ who is not good for a commercial period any one iu the family should do that, let
of wedlock for some five years, but—’ j your big brother, though I would advise
horn are women and children
3. —It keeps more than 200,000 in the
Aim* lloufe.
4. —It keeps 75,000 criminals in
Prison.
5. —It is carrying towards destruction
multitudes of the brave and noble young
men of our army.
0.—It has carried down to disgrace,
poverty and destruction, many of the
mast talented men of the country, from
the Bar, the Bench, the Pulpit and the
Halb of Congress.
7:—It carries more than 300,000 into
Eternih/ annually.
8.—It carries moro than 1,500,000,000
of Dollars to Destruction. A distinguish
ed observer of facts says: “Ail the
crimes on earth do not destroy so many
of the human race, nor alienate so much
propeity as drunnkeness.”
fl.—It is prosecuting its terrible busi
ness against the laws of God and man,
and in defiance of all authority. The
people of the United States, according to
Commissioner Wells, swallowed by retail
“ single year, 81,573,491,865 worth of
The Drunkard’s Home.
1’n* drunkard's home 1 no home has he,
Nu Eden spot below,
here he may dwell from sorrow free,
And revel iu the luxury
That other hearts may know.
Hie drunkard's home ! ah, who can tell,
W Uo but the drunkard's wife,
How much on earth there is of hell,
• o those who with the drunkard dwell.
And share the drunkard’s life ?
A downy conch may rest the frame,
Hut not tho wounded heart;
>0 those who share the drunkard’s shame
May have a home—a home in name,
Tiiat can no joy impark
‘ robbed of love, ’tis bnt a. grave,
Where living ruin dwell,
Ami where the heart is but a slave,
With leave to pant—with power- to-crave,
Ihit may not leave its celt.
The dninkurd loves, bnt loves the bowl
That holds the maddening wine;
Ami weds his heart and grieves his soul,
And yields him to its wild control,
And bows at Bacha's shrine.
H.
‘Sec here, Mr. Smith you're drunk,
and if you can’t behave better than that,
you’d better leave. If yon don’t I’ll
chuck you out, or I’m a i/utchmau.’
‘Air. Thompson, sir,’ said Smith fran
tic with despair, -it may not bo unknown
to yon that my earthly possessions are
engaged to enter wedlock live years w ith
a sufficiently lonely man, who is not-good
for commercial maintenance—’
‘The very duce be isn’t! Now you jist
get up ami git, or I’ll knock what tittle
brains ont of vou y-u’ve got left. ’
With that old Thompson took Smith
and shot him in the street, as if he’ run
him against a locomotive going ont at tho
rate of forty miles an hour. Before old
Thompson had time to shut the front
door, Smith collected |his legs and one
thing and another that were lying around
on the pavement, arranged himself in a
verticle position, and yelled out
•Mr. Thompson, sir. If may
known to yon ’
Which made the old man so wretched
mad that he went out and s«t a bull ter
rier on-Smith before fie had a chance to
lift a brogau, and there was a scientific
.log fight, with odds in. fuvor of the dog,
(or huhad an awful hold for such a
animal. ' L
Smith afterwards'married the girl, and
lived happily about two months. At the
end of that time lie vdd a confidential
_ xiehd that he wodld willingly take more
"trouble and undergo a million dog bites
get rid of her.
<»t- .bo
him not to talk “Pigeon English,” when
there is an elegant systematized lang
uage that he can just as well use, but don’t
yon do it! You have no idea how it
sounds to ears unused or averse to it, to
hear a young lady, when ihe is asked to
attend some place of amusement, answer
—“not much,” or if requested to do
something she does not wish to—“can’t
seo it!” Not long ago I heard a Miss,
who is educated and accomplished, say in
speaking of a young man, that she inten
ded to “go for him!” aud when her
sister asked her assistance at some work,
she answered—“not for Joe !”—Now
young ladies of unexceptional character
and really good education, fall into this
habit, thinking it shows smartness to
answer back in slang phrase; and they
slip flippantly from their tongues
with a saucy pertness that is not lady
like or becoming. Yonng wen who talk
that way, do not care to hear it from
the lips they love or admire. It sounds
much coarser then. Aud really, slang
does not save time in use of language,
as an abbreviation. Np ! is shorter and
more decided than “not much”—“I’m
sure,” is quite us easily said ns “m bet!”
More than promising wedding has been
indefinitely postponed by such means;
for however remiss young men may be
themselves, they look for better things
in the girls of their choice ; aud it does
not help them to mend u liad habit to
adopt it too.
and recommend them.
is not surprising that sensible people
becoming disgusted with the name
of “Bitters,” which are nothing bnt tho
worst liquors disguised as medicines,
and do but lure the tippler on to rnin
and destruction.
A Nice Little Story.
Once upon a time there was a young
lady who had three pretty new teeth in
her mouth. She bought them of a den
tist, and they were fastened to a beauti
ful patent vulcanized rubber plate. This
young lady could eat almost anything
with her new teeth, aud she felt 'proud
of them; they were so useful, and looked
well when she smiled. One day she
s eating dinner,, just as fast ns she
could, and she got choked with a piece
of bone. Then she ran into the wood
shed and coughed until tho tears came
into her eyes, and her father came out
aud pounded her shoulders, and her
mother made her drink a pint of water,
aud finally she was better, but, alas, her
jw teeth were gone !
So herself, and her father, and her
mother, and two sisters, and her big
brother and the servant girl, and the
neighbor’s little boy, looked all over the
woodshed for those" teeth, but they could
not find them. Then the young lady
vac scared, and she said to her mother:
*0h, mother, I felt something hard in
my throat when I drank tliat water, and
I have swallowed my teeth, ami I shall
I know I shall die, and what shall
I do ?”
That scared the mother, aud she pnt
the young lady in bed aud sent for the
doctor. Well, the teeth made her very
sick. Yon kuow how thin people get
sometimes from the gnawing of remorse,
and of course the gnawing of three pa
tent porcelain teeth would be much
worse. The doctor could ilo nothing,
aud the young lady kept getting worse,
until the doctor said she could not live
more than twenty-four hours. That very
day the neighbor's little boy fonud the
three lost teeth in the back yard, where
they had been thrown while the young
lady was conghing. Ho took them ia
and showed them to the young lady,
who said she felt a good deal better, and
got up and dressed. She i« well now;
but she always takes ont her teeth before
eating dinner.
Blunders or Babhfclnicss.—If there
is any defect more striking than another,
in the American character, it. is basbful-
nesa Young America in particular it
painfully effected by it. An incident it
mentioned by a correspondent, who wat
desired by Ins aunt to go over to neigh
bor Shaw’s and see if he had for sale any
straw for filling beds.
‘Mr. Sliaw.’ says our informant, ‘was
blessed with a goodly number sf Misses
Shaw, and I therefore felt a little timid
at encountering them. To make the
matter worse, I arrived just as the family
seated I’or^linner. Stopping at the
door-way, hat in hand I stammered ont,
•Mr. Straw, can you spare enough shaw
to fill a couple of lieds ?’
‘Well, replied the old gentleman,
glancing around at his large family, and
enjoying tlie mistake, ‘I don’t know but
an, how many will yon need 5’
‘Before I could recover, those hateful
girls burst into u chorus of laughter,
d I broke for home in a cold sweat.’
Washiko*^,; August 18 —We report
the follow] the latest foreign dis-
patches jut r^ceirad.
BntLK, Angnst 18.—Tho lolloiring o'-
ficial dispatch luta just lieen received by
the government: .
Pont a Mojfcsox. Wednesday evening,
August 17.-<^per'Erasiiian Third Anriy
Corps moved^ut yesterday to the - East
side of Metz on the line of the enemy’s
retreat towards Verdun. A severe fight
followed with four French divisions and
the Imperial Guard. On our side the
3d corps was sustained by the 1st, 8th,
9th and 10th under the command of
Prince Frederick Charles. Tlie enemy
driven upon Metz, in spite of their
superior numbers, after twelve hours’
fighting. The losses on both sides are
very heavy.
London, August 18.—French telegrams
gives the following resume of events since
Sunday : On that day the French en
gaged the Prussians before Metz, inflict
ing heavy losses. The French then re
tired on Verdun.
On Monday, the Emperor was at Grav-
lotte with sixty" thousand men, aud sub
sequently fighting occurred at Longue-
ville, the French constantly fighting and
retreating—contesting every step. On
Tuesday tho Emperor passed through
Verdun and reached Rheims, where he
remains.
August IS,—La Preasts praises
Marshal Bazsure for refusing tho armis
tice demanded by the Prussians to bury
deoil. It says: “The peasants
marshal IfnrJne claims a Cireat
^Victory.
Anovhrr Grrfl
BatvUIr Ilrpulrd
Gladstone lias returned.
The Cabinet is summoned to
intervention for a speedy peace.
The Queen addressed an autograph lot
to the King of Prussia, urging him to ac
cept peace proposals from France. The
pope writes him to the same effect..
'Hie Atlantic cable of ’6«J lias been re-
.IBA.Cpie of tLc outbreaks at Paris an<l pa ; r( .,l, 3m , signals »,,• nmv ferfe-t.
SoattWo, saggests to the police a MosICH> ML _ Thew „
combination to proclaim, a Rcpnbli
Paris, Aug. 18.—Tlie French hold
their ground, but lost heavily in Thurs
day’s battle n e arTira v il o t iV.
The Gaulois says encouraging dis^
patches have been received from Bazine,
bnt must be kept secret.
The chateau of the Court of C-hanboral
has lieen placed at the di.sjsisal of lljo
Government for a hospital. Tt has 400
rooms.
Edmund About describes the ehfrgjtce
of tho Prussians into Savanre.'
don’t maltreat tl "
money, bread, tobacco, wine and forage.
Where the people resist the Prussians are
very cruel. Many peasant* kill their
horses to prevent the Prnasians from
taking them.
Prince Napoleon has sent his valuables
and children away, against tho wishes of
the Empress.
Paris, August 18.—La Patrie 1ms tlie
following from the scene of action, dated
Tuesday: Bazaines army, resting upon
Metz. Bazaine, knowing their iutentiOD,
crossed the Mosselle at several, places.
The Prnet-ians endeavored to cat the
French lines and attacked four times,
they were repulsed with great loss, and
Bazaine continued bis march. It is now
considered certain that ho will make u
junction with McMahon at Trocha.
This changes the situation. Marshal
Bazaine will have superior numbers, and
may assume the offensive at pleasure.
near Reseville :
August 19, 9. i*. h. —The French army
was attacked to-day west of Metz. Its
position whs very strong, but my com
mand, after a combat of nine hou*^, to
tally routed the French forces, intercept-
d their communication with Paris and
■t bnrv tLe dead. The army roust
continuo its work of annihilating the j threw them back upon Metz,
enomy. Tho ho„r ot ,-om,Jete victory i* j LosDOSt A , lgnKt . 2 „._ A rnmnri , cttr .
rent of tlie sudden death of the Emperor
t working
at hand.”
Thousands
Paris defences.
August 18.—This morning's of
ficial dispatches were received from Mar
shal Bazaine. iu which he claims a great
ictory over Prince Frederick Charles and
Gen. Steinmetz, between Daneount and
Bronuville.
Berlin, August 18.— It' is pretty cer-
taiuthat the Prince Royal,Frederick Wil
liam, was wounded in one of the battles
aronnfl Metz, ; •
London, August 18.—Information re
ceived from Verdun this Thursday morn
ing states that a great battle is progress-
Malatour. Oenernls I’rossard
and Biitville are reported wounded.
Additional from the Seat of War.
HEAVY PRUSSIAN LOSSES.
REPORTS CONFLICTING.
sad and dreary, cold and chill,
1,10 drunkard’s home must be,
s pot where ruin works her .will,
poverty may strive «nd kill,
'Vhere reigns but poverty.
- ftKi.iG,OLs—We sire haring a gracioua
>n tlie Baptist and Methodist
,l »rehes in Dawson. In the Baptist
“urch Rev. T. E. Langley, pastor, has
assisted, a portion cm the time by
• < v - l)r. Cooper, of Americas. Much
fWKUs being accomplished, .many addi-
,|‘ 113 arc being made to the church, ana
u sermous delivered by tlie above
,“'“ ed Bmnes seem to make a deep in*
«*** ? n 'Wlio attend. In UicMeth-
church the pastor, Rey. J. M.
s*aaar»«es6
ail i ®onn> of Id* best sermons,
SJ" “<> gWto-note that th«y h«vo
tkeur desired .Sect, and Uut many
■mUdogadgi tutliatchnrdi-iUnvBOB
u» nut
Printers and Religion.
The chaplain of the New flampsliire
penitentiary says: * *1 have tho happiness
ro number among my friends many prin
ters, but though it may seem, to* imply
either a lack of ability on the part of the
minister, or the want of the qualities, I
never succeeded well with that class.
For the nine long years of my connection
with the penitentiary, with* all Mho in
ducements offered, not one of that trade
iias connected himself with my congre
gation, and I do not think a man conld
be found, of all who war tenanted, our
prison, who could set np a column of
type. I leave the reader to make liis
comments, only remarking that this can
not bo accidental, nor can the explana-
ion be that the employment keeps them
The Death op Ges. Doi ay.—The
Moniteur gives the following account of
the death of Gen. Douay, at the battle
of.Wissemburg. J The General was from
hhe beginning in the thickest of fight.—
When he saw that the day was lost, after
he bad done all he conld to retrieve it,
when even not a battalion was left him,
he called liis aids, one by one, giving
them orders and sent them away. As
soon as the last one was gone, the Gen
eral, spurring his horse, rode some dis
tance to the front, dismounted, and tak
ing a hohter pistol shot the animal, and
then turning atonud slowly, he walked
toward the enemy. His soldiers vainly
tried to stop hrm. Amid the terrible
tipng lie deliberately walked on. TLe
retreating soldiers, aroused by the spec
tacle, turned ngain upon the enemy, but
fell in heaps around their general, who’
still pressed forward. Another tremen-
ignorant of the prevailing vices and. im
moralities, nor yet that yonng printers
are removed from the huge masses where ^ , ” r:.-~ ~r~
corruption engender and .pread*.r In^■•«««*»• Doa V- “>■»<>« alone f„U
all these respects -this class is exposed.
It is evident that the employment has as
clcvatkmg tendency, and is favorable to
intellectual and moral improvement,”
A Word to Little Boys.—Who i
spected ? It is tho boy who conducts
himself well, is honest, diligent, and
obedient in all tilings. , It is the boy who
is making efforts contiunally to respect
his father, and obey him iu whatever he
maj’ direct to be done. It is the boy who
is kind to other little boys, who resoects
age, and who never gets into difficulties,
uid quarrels with his companions. It is
the boy who leaves no effort uutried, to
improve himself in knowledge and
loin every day, who is • busy, and active
in endeavoring lo do a good act to
wards others. Show ns a boy who obeys
Jiis parents, who is diligent, who always
has a friendly disposition, and who ap
plies himself diligently to get wisdom,
und to do good,to ward others, and if lie
is not respec ed and beloved by every
body, then there is no such thing os
troth in the word. Remember this little
boys, and you will be respeoted by oth
ers, and you will grow up and liecome
useful men. ^ -
Fatal Dvku—A'dhel,. which termV
nated fatally to cne ’of the participants,
was fought near Savannah, at 6. o’clock,
A. M., Friday morning, between Messrs.
Ludlow'Cblien and. Richard Aiken, bpth
of Savannah, and'that Du the fifth -fire
Itfr. Cdfcen fell mortally wounded. . He
.was senior of the ^flrm ^of Cohen’ & Wil
kins commission merchants of Savannah.
Thai duel grew ont of si quarrel abont j
Iter. Dr. Collyer, the Radical
pastor ofthe Chnrch of the Messiah in
New York, said in a sermon the’ other
-day:- “In sob^T truth, if GathoUc^could
prove, by - documentaiy evidence, that
Protestants'arw doomed to perdition, I
would latner go to hell with John Knox
and the other great lights of Congregation
alism than go totho seVenth heaven with
Pro Naso end those who believe iiihim. 1
It would Ecemthat the Rev. Dr. ColLYeb
i* leas particular as to where/ he goes
rwninttH* bnrinefls.. M '
A Story-is told of a lady who preserved
her beauty by plastering strawberries
over her face .every night and washing
them off in the morning.
The fair creature -has. lor some time
paal been apawyed by -a troublesome
creditor - The other any he called be-
fore tho lady had risen, and insisted on
forcing his way into her bed-room to
mand instant payment. Dot fools i
in where angels fear to tread. He
hoWcoijldyou beso imprudent as.to ap-
proach;a person suffering from small-
^ ^ ~ pox ? Look at my iaoo!” The creditor
when-bp dies “thanjilmost any other g ave aahriek, darted out ot the. room,
and has not since been beard of.
London, Aug. 18v—A telegram from
Briey says tliare was an obstinate strug
gle near Mars le Tour yesterday.
Travellers report that a vast body of
Prussians were thrown back upon the
Moselle by tlie Imperial Guard;
Paris, Aug. 18,—Apprehending that
the enemy intended cuttiog an important
railroad, which would thwart tho present
French movement, a strong column was
dispatched to Chalons, and it arrived in
time to prevent mischief.
The journals are bitter on Austria’s
neutrality, when, with barely a hundred
thousaud men, she might have avenged
Sadowa.
An English vessel loaded with contra
band of war for Prussia lias been captur
ed iu the Channel.
Berlin, Aug. 18. —Details of thePont-
a-Mousson battle :
Marshal Bazaine, who was attempting
to fall back from Metz to Verdun, was at-'
tacked by the Fifth corps and compelled
about The Prussians were firjn
under an attack of four army corps,
among them the National Gnaid, but re
inforcements arriving, the French found
it impossible to prolong the contest, and
retire.! upon Metz, losing two thousand'
prisoners, two eagles, aud seven cannon.
Paris, Ang. 18.'—Tho Prussian loss
around Metz is forty thousand.
The French loss iscomparatively small,
being protected by the fortress.
The French have reinforced Strasburg.
Th&Prussians have bo seige trains and
hate abandoned the idea of beseiging
Strasburg.
The Prussians retired to the Darsen-
heim Valiev to secure their communica
tion.
Berlin, Aug. 18.- A Prussian fleet,
composed of the Darcy; Blitz and Sala
mander, encountered n French fleet of
four armed frigates oft' Rugan Island.
The Prussians soon retired without loss.
The French fleet is now off Dnrnsfosch.
Paris. Aug. 18.—P.tlikao stated in' the
Corps Legislatin', that the Prussians lost
thousand five hundred in a repulse id
Phalsburg.
Gen. Melinet commands the Garde Mo
bile. . . ' ' , . 7
Marshal Bazaine has again stopped
private telegraphing, as by that means
tho news reaches BexUn. ^ u
Berlin, August 18.—Dispatches from
King William, dated Pont-a-Moussod,
August 17tb, says: * Tn thqffght here yes-
terday we took 2000 prisoners, .17 gnns
and 2Jeagles. y
ftttis, Augf 18. —Tlie'French have <»p-
turel eleven. German vessels since the
war opened.
The French government repreaenis that
the ebemy have fc been folly checked, and
Naj>olx>n of apoplexy; though it is posi
tively asserted by some that the report
should be accepted with distrust.
The bombardment of Strasbourg on
Friday continued from morning to noon,
when it was suspended for two hours.—
Tlie return fire is nlmost harmless.
Paris, August 20.—A council of war
has ordered the, partial destruction of the
Bois do Bolonge.
London, Aligns 20.—There is great re
joicing iu all the German cities, over the
vietorj-! Illuminations and processions
are features of the orttusion.
Paris, August 20.—The inliabitants of
Chalons have been ordered to get their
grain ftway within twenty-four hours.
Athens, August 20,—Two German
vessels, loaded with oil, have been cap
tured.
Pabis, August 20.—Nothing has bern
received here from the front, and tl:e
public are very anxious.
Brussels, August 2ft—A Paris letter
ys that Marshal McMahon is retreating
i Paris, and will avoid a battle, unless
; can form a junction with Bazaine.
The pedpl© of Strasbourg replied to the
bloody battle between GruriJlotte and
Risonvillo to-dav. Tlie French were
driven back to Metz. A11 communica
tion between Metz and- Pari] has been
destroyed.
Brussels, August 20.—The Etollo
Beige announces the Emperor as extreme
ly ill on Wednesday at Chalons. It also
St. Prtrsrfro, August 20.—A^Iof^
Russian Minister to Vienna, has gone to
Paris. The Czar congratulated thoSdia-
iau regiment-, of which he is Colonel, on
its gallantly' at Weixsenburg. Ho also
showing,that Biree Prussian army corps
unite*I and attacked Bazniue. They were
repnlteil and drivpn into the quarries of
Janmonnt. My reserve about theeo dis-
patches will bo understood. I need not
mention the small advantages gained
near Basie Due. We ore now actively
completing the frontification of Paris.—
In a few day; all will l»e assured.
Paris, August 29.—Gravt tumors were
: cirenlated here yestrday, relative to the
health of the Emperor. They were un
founded. I hsve the beet assurance of
this.
[Signed]
Paris Agent Y. N.Ass’d Press.
WirSW iKSwais>jp«pffl!5,
and forage.
Atlanta, Augiist 20.—Tlie House re
fused to reconsider the resolution for
purchasing Kimball’s Opera House—aye*
38. nays 78. Price 9780,0t)D.
Raleigh, August 20.—Judge Pearson,
in Chambers to-day, discharged all the
prisoners, includiug Hon. Johu Kero,
except five, there being not a particle of
evidence produced against them. After
being imprisoned five weeks the five still
held on the lieuch warrants are retain
ed on the affidavit of Kirk, setting forth
merely that he believed tho accused were
guilty of murder. Counsel for tlie pris
oners objected that the affidavit was insuf
ficient to grant a bench warrant upon,
liecuuse it set forth ito fact that could be
taken as evidence, and asked time to pro
duce authority on' the question. The
motion was granted and time allowed
until Monday, 9 a. m. Tho prisoners
were bailed. Meantime it is thought no
legal cvideucecan lie produced, when
they will be released. Three affidavits
of prisoners are published, sworn before
the Clerk of the United States District
Court, deseribiu^tke torture and cruel
ties of Bergen, Kirk’s, Lieut. Colonel,
towards the prisoners, only worthy of the
darker ages. They state iie tried a pistol
to t.'eir heads, and swinging up by a rope
around the neck at the dead hourof night,
to extort confession. Tlie United States
Marshal has served writs on Kirk and
Bergen to appear before Judge Brooks on
Taesday next, on throe several write.—
Brooks is looked npou as the Saviour of
the State in her troubles, and has no
doubt, by his firmness, averted the civil
strife, 'i'he Grand reception to Hon.
Joe. Turner and other prisoners is post
poned till Thursday.
; Paris, August 20.—Abbe Yurrun,
' Chaplain of the Army of the Rhine, died
! on the field.
| The Journal des Debate repels English
J mediation as premature. Fight, not par-
ily, is the duty now. I’n noe has victories
I daily. Peace discussions will, therefore,
soon be possible.
Vienna, August 20.—Au imperial de
cree opens the provincial diets. The-
Emperor expresses gratification at the
patriotic ncanimUy of all the people
tlie empire, and hopes he shall be able
to satisfy the legitimate demands of Gal
icia and Tyro!, by tlie immediate elec
tion of Kichsmath.
A singular death is reported bv n
correspondent of the Louisville Conner
Journal, a* having occurred in Tishomin
go county, Mississippi, n few day* ago.
Mr. Pennington, a stout, healthy fRtmer,
living r-hoqt fbqr wiim from Inko, had n
slight cliill Snndoy before last. The day
before he eps ia^cMUM^healtlu Mon-
day morning ha.jCelt.the approach of
another chill and lay down on tho bed.
After lying a while he remarkd to ono of
tliat he believed lie would try the remedy.
Whereupon he aro^o from the bed, find
gathering from the walls or ceiling of tlie
room a web iu which were three •.‘spider-
balls,” as they are called swallowed then!,
without more ado. Immediately there
was heard within his chest a faint sound
os if the balls had bnrst, and in ten min
utes he was dead. Very soon his throat,
lips, and tho whole of his face were great
swollen by the action of tlie poison.
The Now York Tribune remarks
as a curious fact, of which no really satis
factory explanation has ever been given,
that as firearms are rendered more and
more deadly, war becomes lias and less
destructive of human life. At Borodino
the loss was one-third of nil the men en
gaged; at Waterloo was one-fourth. At
lokerman, where there was neither a
rifled caunou nor a breach-loader on the
field, the English lost one-third. At
Magenota and Solferino, with vastly bat
ter weapons, tho casualties were one-
eleventh; at Chattanooga one-thirteenth;
while at Koniggratz, where the terrible
needle-gnu caused such consternation,
the losses were only one twenty-third.
Affairs in Edgefield, 8. C.—On last
Monday the colored Marshal of Edgefield
attempted to arrest a gentleman without.,
warrant, and when some opposition -
as made lie used a clnb upon tlje gen A
ijman when bystanders interfered.and
prevented him from inflicting serions 'io-
jury. In the attempt the valiant Marshal
at on the cheek by a pocket knife,
whereupon he drew a pistol aud fimi at.
the gentletuau lie was to arrest. This.
proved a sigual for the Iloyal Militia to
turn ont atmwsse, “ and the scene which
ensued was lawless, plood-thirsty aud in-,
salting beyond description.” Tlie Ad
vertiser exltcrts tho. people to ‘V.rrrcjw^
(/»>>/*, firu'Jeno« aild patience, b*\t to - Ui .
ready if thr.se Hack so called foMicrs, da
briny on n fray. ' • • ... .
Prnssian demand for a surrender ; He
shall never surrender l The commandant
dismissing the Prussians, said tlie people
have given you my reply.
Carlsruhe, August 20.—Official dis
patches say threeBavariau divisions invest
Strasbourg and a fourth is harfnasing the
retreating French.
London, Aug. 20. —The French war
office forbids Ihe publication of war dis
patches unless signed by Bazaine.
Toronto, Ang. 20.—The great fire in
the woods is withiu a few hundred yards
of Ottawa. The canal has been cut to
flood the horning district Troops are
ordered to the assistance of tlie people.
Bnsiness is suspended.
London, August 2ft—Gladstone, in
ew of the crisis in Europe, lias post
poned liis trip to Scotland. He remains
*“i Loudon.
The rumor of the death of the French
Emperor at ltheinte, under « surgical
operation, which has been in circulation
here all day, is still uncoutnulicted.
Paris, August 20.—The press estimates
the Prussian loss for the last three days
at ninety-thoueend.
Bullion in the Bark of France decreas
ed 120,900,000 francs. The decrease is
attribut »ble to the purchase note to pay
troops, which requires 54,000,000 a
mouth. Bank, notes 5 per cent, dis
count. - - - -
Prince Napoleon arrived here jester-
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Washington, August 20.—The recon
struction expenses, for Mississippi, &375-,
000, and for Arkansas *^150,000, lias been
• The steamer Ashinlot has' left Hong
Kong for the scene of the recent Chiuese
massacre. Tho steamer Gnilding star
leaves New York on Thursday for Havre,
with the French mail.
New Yoke, August 20. —We obtain
European specials in advance of publica
tion, upon condition of proper credit.
Editors will please make a note of tliis.
London, August 20.— Serious disturb
ances have occurred in the department
of Venice. The- bigoted pesontry gay
that the present war is the Lutheran
against tlie Catholio Church. Protes
tants were assailed relentlessly.
The Rose of Dan won the chauuel yacht
A dreadful colliery explosion occurred
at Wegan, in Lancashire. Thirty were
killed and many injured.
Queen Victory is at Balmoral.
Paris, August 20—There liave been
many more arrests o! persons suspected
of connection with the Villette affair.
Madrid, August 20.—The government
is preparing for heavy shipments of
troops for Cuba early iu Septmber. .f -
Some two . dozen Republican leaders,
including Paul Arjula, have returned to
Madrid. taking advantage of the amnesty!!
Senor Pierreand has not yet retamed.
Florence, August" 20,-r-There was a
Violent debate iu tho Italian Chambers
yesterday. Deputy Wellaha accused
Minister* with violating the nentrality of
Italy,..hj sending Italian, troops to defend
the Pope. One of the Ministers replied
to Mazzini for traveling in Sicily under a
falso name. The government was 'not
made -aware of all his {dans. * Mazzini
would hare a fair triaL Sicily . wi» es^
pecially inflammable. Deputy Bettani.
denounced the arnMt xih illegal.. '
London, August 29-—Ikte stated that
more than 400,000 Germans are between
the Rhine Und Paris. The Frecsh suor
ceeded in vifetuidling. Strasbourg. It is
admitted' jl»t the corps of .Fredrick
Charles suffered severely. . .. . ;
It is stated tlifd Bazaine had to weaken
l his forces while under fire to send to. the
righttodefendlho Emperor’s ptrson.
the efforts of the Prussians to preventthe tered Nancy * and appointed aMayor.'
day.
liazaiue, whose retreat the Prussians
say tlioy have stopped, is in a' position
enabling him to support either Metz, or
Verdun. He still keeps his plans and
movements a profound secret.
Gen. Trochu publishes a letter explain
ing how bo desires to aid the people.—
He says the idea of maintaing order by
force of the bayonet and swora in. Paris,
which is so agitated aud given up to grief
tills me with horror and disguest. The
maintenance of order by ascendancy, by
patriotism; the free disposal of knowl
edge of evident danger fills mowith hope
aud serenity, but this problem is arduous
and I cannot solve it alone; but I can
with the aid of those having such senti
ments. That is what I term moral aid.—
The moment may arrive when malefac
tors. seeing us defeudiug the city, wil*
seek to pillage. Those who ate honest
must seize them.
The Gaulous says Piuard, cx-Minister
of the Interior, with difficulty wm dis*
loaded from interpellating Trochn’s "proc
lamation, because the Emperor and Emr
press were not named.
Baron Malortic, Hanoverian, urges the
Hanoverians in France to form a legion
of sharpshooters. He says he is Tiot
against Germany, but Prussian tyranny;
aud his wish is to combat Holienzollern,
who tried to efface Hanover from the
map of Europe. Malortic is said to be
it phew to Bismarck.
Thiers, with Gen. Trochu, La Tour,
anil others, visited the fortifications to
day, after wliich they held a long'
ferenc?.
The various manufacturers of
throughout. France are working diligent
ly. They| send daily large quantities of
arms to supply all who wish to go to the
front
The Seine Gtiarde Mobille hare re-
tarued to Paris from Chalons, and,ore
encamped at St Moor Vincent; Two
councils o! Ministers were held to-day.—
Trocha was present at both.
The French loan of 100,000,00ft francs
is announced.
The town of Rasbnck, near Bitook,'has
a garrison of 7000. . ' ' ’
LonPon, August 20—9 p. m.—Tho'war
news in’Loudon is- meagre. 'The latest
editions of the journals this evening have
little from-tho.bottie-fields of Thursday
an4 Friday, and notbipg.of to-day's. ’
Berlin, August 20.—The ol,
to-day says although Germany
her noblest sons, she has the comfort
Hie war is not ip vtim - That' it is ono
against a rape known to' our forefathers
full of arrogance and inkolence, and
’ll , Sail*.—The Philadelphia Tele- *.
graph (Republican) hays: “Editorials
and' ediloiial statemepte in the English
journals, lefcfvring to ^lio preseut war,
should be .reccived witli many grains' ot
allowance. It is- impossible for out Brit
ish cousins to be just fo the French as Co
the Americans, Their speculations hr
reference to our conflict were notoriout-
ly stupid and'malicious, aud the present
Combatants will not fare much better at
their hands.; They, arc forever making
assertions which liayo no real foundation,'
and hazarding predictions which were
never n alized. Ashawetl of the , pitia
ble attitude assumed by England in mod
em conflicts, they constantly endeavoretl
to give her factitious importance . v by at-,
tempting to belittle the movements of tlie'
really great nations of the world.”
Wei« a Smile.—Which will you do, -
smile, aud moke others happy, or be/ :
crabbed and makeeVefybodj around you
miserableT You can lire among beauti
ful flowers and singing birds, ’ or lb tlie
surrounded by fogs and frogs. The ;
amount of happhicas that ybn cah pit>-'r
dnoe is incalculable, if yort show a smit
ing face, a kind heart, «ndspeak pleasant
words. ‘
— :— %
bQf“A week or two ago a Rhenish bat
talion singing patriotic songs was' con
voyed by train _ towards the probable
theatre of war. When arrived at • their
destination there was a general bumSdf-
laughter on observing 'that ono of the -
brave fellows had labeled too carriages <
with a piece of chalk ; “Goods—by ex
press—to Paris.” (Eitrfui nnch Paris.) .
Firmness.—“Bnb, is your sister, at
home V' . * " - y '
“Ye* bnt, she wun^t seo yon tb-rrfglit.’ r
“Why?*
“Cause she said she wiu .going to have,
one good mess of onions, if she never gpt
another bean. “ *
SOT" Elections will be lield this fftll in”
Oil the States exoepf Oregon, New Hamp- 1
shire, Connecticut^ and Rhode Island.
Sixteen States are to choose Uhited States.
Senators, and fire, have already done »r».
Oregon has ite elections in June, and New
Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode .
Island in the sprihg. , * •>* vvc.
88k- Two little girls were heard on the
streets of Troy, a few evenings ago, dts-
cussing the war in Europe. - They were
divided in opinion' as to the result; ono
contending that Prussia would whip, and
the other averting with equal confidence
that France would be toe victor. ' At last-.
toe champion of Prussia settled the ques
tion by an unanswerable argument., “I
know,” raid she, “that the Dutchmen -
-- .. will wliip. My pa is ft Frenchman und .
which h A3 robbed us of our fairest prov- „A n) U on ~~ . • - ■
inoM. - D«a Trill- eaible oorto. T “ a TUy «*» erety
■—‘ ^—vv. ■ night, ftna aa always, licks. - - ’ >
'establish durable peace in mid Europe,
in .top shape of united Germany,-, the key-
a one of true freedom aad i ' “
Pans, Ai _
latif ’ to-day. Count Paliako
following statement; The Prussians assert
they were victorious on the iStb. I af
firm to too contrary.. I havo cjinmuni-
cated dispatches to reveral deputies,
Keei* Oct.—Keep ont of debt—out ef
qiiarrels—out oflaw—out of thin shoe, 1 ;—
out of dump clothes—out of reach , of
brandy and "water—put of matrimony, v
unless you are iu love—ami keep clear of
dieatiug’the prinfrout of his fine.